Wildlifeof Thailand
Sooty-capped Babbler
Pellorneidae
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Malacopteron affine
Basic stats
Diet
Invertebrates
Habitat
Lowland rainforest
Range
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
This small brown babbler has a dark cap and works through Sundaic rainforest undergrowth and litter for invertebrates (Wikipedia, general species account). It is Nationally Critically Endangered (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Sooty-capped Babbler eat?
- Invertebrates
- What habitat does the Sooty-capped Babbler live in?
- Lowland rainforest
- Where is the Sooty-capped Babbler found?
- Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo